. Beza's Icones, contemporary portraits of reformers of religion and letters; being facsimile reproductions of the portraits in Beza's Icones (1580) and in Goulard's edition (1581). 40. SAVONAROLA. Girolamo Savonarola (Hieronymus Savonarola) GIROLAMO SAVONAROLA, the patriotmonk of Italy, was a native of Ferrara,being born there on Sept. 21, 1452. Ofa thoughtful, studious and devotionaltemperament the life of gaiety and revelryto which the family had entrance through courtconnection had no attractions for the third son ofNiccolo and Elena Savonarola. His refined naturerecoiled from the frivolit
. Beza's Icones, contemporary portraits of reformers of religion and letters; being facsimile reproductions of the portraits in Beza's Icones (1580) and in Goulard's edition (1581). 40. SAVONAROLA. Girolamo Savonarola (Hieronymus Savonarola) GIROLAMO SAVONAROLA, the patriotmonk of Italy, was a native of Ferrara,being born there on Sept. 21, 1452. Ofa thoughtful, studious and devotionaltemperament the life of gaiety and revelryto which the family had entrance through courtconnection had no attractions for the third son ofNiccolo and Elena Savonarola. His refined naturerecoiled from the frivolity and licentiousness of hisbirth-place. He gave himself up to prolongeddevotions. He secluded himself from society andpursued a close study of scholastic philosophy andtheology. Matters came to a height in 1472 whenall Ferrara was immersed in a carnival of courtlypageants and civic festivities. Then the youngstudent wrote a treatise entitled Contempt of theWorld, left his home without the knowledge of his 41 Bezas Portraits of Reformers relatives, went to Bologna, and there entered themonastery of St. Dominic. Fra Savonarola spent seven years in the cloistersof that retreat, and
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